The FDA compliant additive the we utilize is less then 2% of the entire lamination and does not pose a toxic threat to the product or the environment.

At the end of the laminations degradation cycle it returns to the environment not as small particles, but as biomass and humus.

The lamination does not contain heavy metals unlike most oxodegradeble products.

Our additive supplier has engaged several renowned testing laboratories to independently establish the biodegradability of plastic products using the bio supplier’s additives. The tests concluded that the products were fully biodegradable under both aerobic and anaerobic conditions. In addition, the tests concluded that their biodegradation did not produce any toxic residue harmful to living organisms in land or water.

Our additive supplier certifies to us the that products using the additive have been tested and proved as biodegradable and safe for the environment by using the following:

. ASTM D5209 “Standard Test Method for Determining”
the Aerobic Biodegradation of Plastic Materials in the
Presence of Municipal Sewage Sludge”;
. ISO 14855 / ASTM D5338 “Standard Test Method for
Determining Aerobic Biodegradation of Plastic Materials
under Controlled Composting Conditions”; and
. ASTM 5511 “Standard Test Method for Determining
Anaerobic Biodegradation of Plastic Materials Under
High-Solids Anaerobic Digestion Conditions”.

An explanation of the technology:

The plastic products made with the biodegradable additive will break down in approximately 9 month to 5 years in nearly all landfills or wherever else they may end up. All sorts of factors determine the amount of microbes available in the soil and the soil conditions determine the rate of degradation. The plastic products made with the additives technology basically rely on the microbes in the soil to react with the additives and form communities, biofilms, which create the enzymes and acids that can attack the longchain hydrocarbon molecules and break them down to the point that the microbes’ natural acids and enzymes are then effective and the microbes can metabolize the simple hydrocarbons with CO2 and water or methane being the waste products. This process continues until all the plastic product is full biodegraded.

Daniel Stockton
National Retail Sales Manager
Stahlbush Island Farms
Farmers Market Foods
(541) 757-1497 Office
(541) 760-0358 Cell
(541) 754-1847 Fax
dan@stahlbush.com
http://www.stahlbush.com

Jen

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It’s true that frozen foods necessitate plastic right now and that during the winter many people have to rely on them. But I write articles like this because I think consumers have to be fully informed. Otherwise, they see a word like Biodegradable and think it’s automatically a healthy, no impact product. I want them to think critically.